Photos of the day: 12/24

A Palestinian man cradles the lifeless body of his niece, 3-year-old Hala Abu Sebakha, who medics said was killed by shrapnel during an Israeli air strike on the Al Maghazi camp, at the morgue of Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Egyptians attend the funeral of a dozen policeman and a civilian killed from an explosion at a police headquarters, in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, 110 kilometers (70 miles) north of Cairo, Egypt. THE ASSOCAITED PRESS

Pakistani Christians play cards on a roadside near their neighborhood ahead of Christmas in Islamabad, Pakistan. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Indian children dressed as Santa Claus dance in front of a sculpture titled World Peace by sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik ahead of Christmas at a beach in Puri, in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this image taken from video provided by NASA, astronauts Rick Mastracchio, top, and Michael Hopkins work to repair an external cooling line on the International Space Station, 260 miles above Earth.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photos of the day: 12/24

A Palestinian man cradles the lifeless body of his niece, 3-year-old Hala Abu Sebakha, who medics said was killed by shrapnel during an Israeli air strike on the Al Maghazi camp, at the morgue of Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza Strip. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS